Electric Flame Scallop

[TWINYTWIN]

Im thinking about buying an Electric Flame Scallop and I have been doing some reading up on it and was wondering who else has one or any one with experience with them. I would like to know as much as possible before purchasing. Any info would be helpful.

 

[sadielynn]

What is the lighting in your tank how long has it been up and cycled :?:
scallops have poor servial in the home aquarium here are some links
http://nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... ht=scallop
hope this helps some

 

[TWINYTWIN]

The tank has been up and running now over 2 months. I currently have the stock lighting on the 12dx nano cube. I know that they like low light and I have plenty of caves for it to hide into. Thanks for the info.

 

[sadielynn]

either way I would skip it , if you are really set on one wait till the tank has been up for atleast a year , just my .02
I am sure others on here have kept them successfully but , when I researched them for us I just decided that tho pretty and neat I could not give it what it needed for long term survival

 

[drty811]

i had one in my 20L and was doing great. it had noticable growth on the shell. i did target feed it cyclo-eez. died after six months, but it was in my ten for about two months. it moved to hte back under a piece of LR to where i was unable to target feed. will try another one in the future. hope this help and good luck

 

[TWINYTWIN]

Thank you

 

[skipm]

I have kept them in the past and the main problem I had with them was that they moved all over the tank usually getting into areas where they couldn't be seen or target fed. They are quite beautiful though.

 

[MIKE426]

my firts one is still alive after a year or so. it's in a 20 gallon and i'm not target feeding it. moves around every now and then

 

[incysor]

Most people can't keep them alive longer than a couple months. I've tried them a couple times, and won't purchase anymore. Most of the comments I've heard on the boards are pretty similar.

B

 

[Dickie52]

Pretty much ditto to the above with me.....

The one that I had the longest was in a air driven under gravel filtered tank. it lasted almost a year and then all at once it weithered and died......

They are beautiful and they are cheap, but again they seem to be a collected item, that just shoudn't be collected.

 

[Chubosco]

I heard people say when they die they release poison into the tank, sorta like a doomsday bomb as cucumbers can. Don't know if it's true but it's enough to keep me from that purchase.